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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - The Los Angeles Police Department is in mourning after an off-duty officer was killed in an overnight fiery crash in Santa Clarita.

What we know:

Los Angeles County firefighters were called to a crash at the intersection of Cinema Drive and Bouquet Canyon Road at 2:15 a.m. Saturday.

Firefighters arrived to find a vehicle engulfed in flames. As crews knocked down the fire, the driver was pronounced dead at the scene by LA County Fire personnel.

LAPD officials later confirmed the crash victim was an officer who was not on duty at the time.

What we don't know:

The name of the officer has not been released and the cause of the crash is under investigation.

The Source: City News Service contributed to this report. This story was also written with inf

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